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MOTOR OAR.

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Patented May 13, 1890.

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GEORGE M. BRILL AND JOHN A. BRILL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

- MOTOR-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,966, dated May 13, 1890.

I Application filed October 12, 1387. Serial No. 252,138. (No model.)

To all whom it near concern: for the engineer, and also seats extending Be it known that we, GEORGE M. BRILL and from the rear end of the car to its extreme JOHN A. BRILL, citizens of the United States, front end,in which and in line with the spaces residing at Philadelphia, in the county of beneath the seats are doors for admitting of 5 Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have the insertion of storage-batteries beneath the invented certain new and useful Improveseats and their removal therefrom. ments in Railroad-Cars, of which the follow- Our invention therefore consists of the ing is a specification. novel combination, construction, and arrange- Our invention has relation to railway-cars ment of parts, as hereinafter described and [o propelled by electric motors, and more parclaimed.

ticularly to street-railwaycars; and it has for Reference being had to the accompanying its objectto so locate the motor thatitisreadily drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan of a accessiblefrom the interior of the car,thatincar-truck, an electric motor mounted or secreased seating capacityin the car is afforded, cured thereon, and a casing for the motor r 5 that the weight of the car-body and of the embodying our improvements, said casing bestorage-batteries when used for supplying an ing shown in section; Fig. 2, a side elevation, electric current for the motor is distributed, partly sectional, of same and of a part of the so as to avoid undue weight at any one point car-body; Fig. 3,across-section ofsanie, partly of contact of the wheels with the rails, and in elevation, through the transverse center of 20 the motor is susceptible of being incased to the truck; Fig. 4, an end elevation, partly protect its operative parts from dust, dirt, and sectional, drawn to an enlarged scale, of one noisture. To accomplish these results, we side of the truck-frame; Fig. 5, a horizontal place or mount the motorin the center of the section of the car, showing the seats running 7 5 car-truck, cutting away the bolster and disfrom end to end of the car, the engineers 2 5 pensing with the usual spring-bar and bolsterapartment, and trap-door over the truck-frame transoms heretofore used. upon which the motor is secured; and Fig. 6,

In order to provide a clear or open vertical a like view partly broken away to show the space in the truck between its sides and the construction of the sill-pieces and timbers at car-axles andfrom thelower cross-barsthereof the front end of the car above the truck- 30 up to and above its pivot or king-bolt connecframe. tions with the car-body, or to the bottom of A represents the car, and B the trucks the floor of the latter, in which space and therefor. If desired, only one truck need be resting upon said cross-bars the motor and used, especially upon street-cars or upon cars its inclosi'ng box or casing are located, the of a short length. IVhen one truck only is 5 outer or cut ends of the bolster rest upon used, it is preferably located at the forward springs supported upon the lower arch or end of the ear, and the pair of wheels or runother side bars of the truckframe, which hing-gear at the rear end of the car are then bolster ends and springs are located between mounted in pedestals secured to sills of the parallel pillars or columns, and the bolster car in the customary manner for streetcars.

4o ends or sections have connected to or formed The truck B may be of any suitable or wellon their upper sides segmental rub-plates known style or kind; but to obtain a large, having an elongated vertical recess through clear, or open central space between the carwhich the upper arch or other bars of the wheel axles and the sides of the truck, and 5 truck-frame pass. Said segmental rub-plates from the lower cross-bars E E of the truck- 45 engage with corresponding rub-plates secured frame to the bottom of the car, so that the to the sill-pieces or cross-timbers of the carelectric motors 0 maybe located in saidspace body to form two sets of combined rub and and firmly mounted or secured to said crosspivotal plates-one set on each side of the car bars, the usual form of spring-bar and the and truckto connect them together, and the bolster-transoms are dispensed with, and the 5o carbody has in its floor adjacent to the m0- bolster is cut away, leaving only ends or seetor a trapdoor, and contiguous thereto a tions D D on each side of the truck-frame. small apartment at the front end of the car These bolster ends or sections are located between pillars or columns 7) 1), connecting the upper arch or other bars I) and the lower arch or other bars h and truss-rod I), if used.

Between the bottom of the bolster-sections D and the lower bars U are springs I)". These springs l) have lower bearing plates or seats U, sccu red to bars U and upper seats U, formed on the bolster-sections. The latter are preferably of metal, and may be hollow or solid, as desired, and are of: any suitable configura tion.

Upon the top of the bolster-sections D are segmental or other suitable shaped rub-plates d, which are preferably grooved, as shown. These rub-plates may be integral. with the sections 1); but we prefer tomake them separatcly therefrom and screw or otherwise fasten them to the l)olster-seeth'ms, as shown or desired, so that they can be economically and readily replaced when worn out or when broken by accident or otherwise. These rubplates are located directly over the upper arch or other bars I) of the trucks and have vertical recesses it for the passage of bars fl and for admitting of the bolster-sections and rub-plates attached thereto, rising and falling with the movement of the springs h" under the variations of load or weight of the car.

The top andbottom bars I) U of the truck are adjacent to the pillars Z) Z),connected by bolts b'gwh ich pass through thimbles U, for strengthening said bars or the side frames of the truck to prevent sagging ot' the same. These bolts U at their upper ends connect short transverse arms 11'' to the upper bars I) of the side frames of the truck, and upon these arms I) are hung the brake-shoes Il The side bars (I I) of the truck are connected by end cross-bars 'E and bottom cross-bars E E, the latter of which are preferably of channel-iron, and are firmly secured in position by the bolts b Suitable braces or stays E connect the upper bars of the side frames or the upper ends of the outside columns I) l) of the truck with the crossbars 15' E, to prevent the upper middle part of said side bars or the side frames of the truck spreading apart.

Upon the sides of the bolster-sections Dare cheek-pieces or lugs (7 between which and the pillars or colu mus h are springs d, to admit of independent. lateral n'lovelnentof the car-body and truck in going around curves and compensate for the shocks incident thereto.

Rubber or other springs E are inserted between the top of the caraxle boxes and the upper bars I) of the side frames of the truck to cushion the journalsand axle-boxes ot' the car and to deaden the noise of the han'nnering of the wheels on the tracks.

A truck-frame constructed as described possesses all the advantages of the usual form of truck-frame havingthe usual formof bolster, and yet it has its entire central space open from below upward to the floor of the car for the reception of; the electric motor 0,, which is preferably secured to the cross-bars E E in any suitable manner. The armatu reshaft 0 of the motor is in gear with said axles by means of sprocketavheels and drivingehains, as shown, or otherwise, as desired.

Any suitable form of electric motor maybe employed, and as it is located between the sides of the truck and the axles of the running-gear it; can readily be incloscd in a box or casing c, secured to the cross-bars E E. Said casing or box chas a ft'ildinghinged top c of any suitable kind to admit of easy access to the motor, and as the latter is secured to tixcd parts of the truck-frame it isnot subject to the vertical vibration of the car.

The segmental rub-plates d, aftixed on the holster-sections I), engage with corresponding rub-plates f, secured to the sills A or other part of the frame-worinfi the car A, as shown more plainly in Fig. 9. These rubplates (1 and fare, as indicated, arranged. in pairs or sets, one on each side of the truck or car, and are preferably male and female, as shown, and they form two sets of combined pivot and rub plates for the truck to connect the ear-body to the truck. To prevent the one rising from the other, suitable lugs l are formed on preferably the outer side of the plates (Z or bolstcrseetions l) for engagement with the bracket ends I below said lugs, which bracket ends are secured to the bottom of the car, as shown more plainly in Fig. 4-. As the rub and pivotal platesfand dare located at and over the sides of the truckframe, the weight of the car and its load are distrilmted upon all the wheels of the truck, and said wheels are maintained upon the tracks in a better manner than would otherwise be the case if the car and truck were centrally pivoted togtiither in the usual way.

For the purpose of gaining access to the motor from the interior of the car its crosstimbcrs above the truck-frame at the forward end of the car are cut away, as shown in Fig. ti, to provide an open space in. between the end cross-sill u and the next intermediate cross sill or timber (1, which cross-sills a and a are connected near their ends by short longitudinal sills a suitably braced or strengthened by metal bars a, bolted thereto and to said cross-sills (1311,, if desired. The short longitudinal sills a? and the outside car-sills A are connected by transverse timbcrs a, to which the car-body rub and pivotal platesf are preferably secured.

In the door of the car directly over the motor (,1 on, the truck 1 is a trapdoor G, prefcrably longitudinally arranged and composed of two parts g, so that. when each part raised they form guards for preventing passengers stepping or falling through the open doors.

The car has no open or inclosed platform at its forward end A which may be angular in outline, as shown, or otherwise configured, as desired. The body of the car is conti n ued to said end, and the scars II extend from the rear c ar end A to said extreme front end of the car, as more plainly shown in Fig. 5, to give, as additional seating capacity to the car, the space heretofore utilized for the front platform.

Between the car trap-door G and the front end of the car and between the .seats is a closed apartment I for the engineer. This apartment has doors t' and 1', respectively, at each end, to admit of the engineer passing into and out of said apartment through the front door 'i without passing through the car when it is desirable to do so and for gaining access through the rear door t" to the car when necessary to raise the trapdoor G in the floor of the car for inspecting or obtaining access to the motor.

The lower part of the front door 1' for apartment I is preferably made solid, and to it may be attached a head-light, if desired, and the upper part of said door has a sash or is open for lookout purposes.

In the front end of the car, near each side of the latter, and in line with the open spaces beneath the seats, are doors h for gaining access to said seat-openings to admit of the insertion into said spaces and withdrawal therefrom of storage-batteries, as fully shown, set forth, and claimed in a pending application filed by us on the 20th day of September, 1887, Serial No. 250,210.

As the truck upon which the motor is secured is open in the center at its top, the motor can be readily removed from the truck for repairs or replacement after the truck is unshipped from. the car, and instead of laying up the car while such repairs or replacement is made another corresponding truck with a motor thereon may be connected to the car.

As it is obvious that the construction and arrangement ofthe details of our improvements may be greatly varied without departing from the spirit of the same, we do not limit ourselves to that herein set forth and illustrated. So, too, itis obvious that the improvements herein described may be used for cars other than electrically-propelled cars.

Vhat we claim is 1. A railway-car truck having its bolster divided into ends or sections disconnected from each other, spring-supports upon the sides of the truck for said bolster-sections,and pivot-plates between each said section and the car-body to provide a clear open central space between the sides of the truck and the axles for the truck running-gear, substantially as set forth.

2. A railway-car truck having separate bolster ends or blocks disconnected from one another, and each bolster-block support-ed tom bars of said side frames, pivot-plates secured to said bolster-sections, and runninggear axle-boxes suitably supported upon said side frames near the ends of the same, substantially as set forth.

4. In combination with the side frames of a railway-truck, centrally-located guide-bars, separate bolster-sections and springs therefor between said guide-bars and supported by the bottom bars of said side frames, pivotplates secured to said bolster-sections, running-gear axle-boxes suitably supported upon said side frames near the ends of the same, bolt-connections passing through thimbles located between the axle-boxes and bolster-sections, laterally-projeeting arms secured to the side bars by said bolt-connections, and brakethe top of the axle-boxes and the truck-frame sides, substantially as set forth.

6. A railway-cantrnck frame having lower cross-bars E E and side pivotal connections at the top of said frame for the car-body, a clear or open central space in said truckframe, extending vertically from said crossbars to and above said pivotal connections and from between the sides of the truckframe, and the running-gear axles therefor, substantially as set forth.

7. In combination with a railway-ear truck, the longitudinal bars b connecting the axlebox pedestals, the lower cross-bars E E, located intermediate of the axles of the truckwhecls, spring-supported bolsters or ends D, having separate rub or pivot plates (1, and an electric motor secured to bars E E and driving-connection between the motor and axles, substantially as set forth.

8. In combination with a railway-car truck, the longitudinal bars b connecting the axlebox pedestals, the lower cross-bars E E, located intermediate of the truck-wheel axles, an electric motor mounted upon said bars, a casing for the motor, located within or between the axles and the sides of the truckframe, a hinged or folding top for said casing, and driving-connection between the motor and axles, substantially as set forth.

9. A street-car having a rear end platform, a

body extending from said platform to the front end of the car, a longitudinal seat or seats extending from the front end of the body to the rear end thereof, anda small compartment for the gripman or engineer, located within the body at the front end thereof and opposite the seat or seats, substantially as described.

' 10. 'lhecombination,inarailway-cartruck, of the separate bolster-sections D, having separate pivot-plates (Z, lugs (Z and springs (1 and the guides or pillars b for said bolstersections, substantially as set forth.

11. The combination, in a railway-ear truck, of the separate bolster-sections I), having pivot-plates (I, provided with recesses (Z and bottom and lateral springsupports, substantially as set forth.

12. A railway-car truck having separate bol' ster-seetions I), provided with saddles straddling the top baror bars of the side frames of the truck and having pivot-plates, substantially as set forth.

1;). The combination, with a railway-car truck having free or open centralspace, of an electric motor located in said space and separate pivot-plates between the truck and car on each side of the same, substantially as set forth.

14-. The combination, with a car and truck, of separate or unconnected intervening pivotplates between the car and truck, located directly over the side frames of the truck, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

15. A railway-car truck having side frames connecting the axle-box pedestals and independent of the truck or car springs, cross-bars connecting said side frames, and an electric motorsupported on said cross-bars and in gear with the axles of the truck, substantially as set forth.

10. A railway-ear having its axle-box pedestals connected by bars or frames which are independentof the car-sprin gs, cross-bars connecting said frames, and an electric motor supported on said cross-bars and in gear with both axles of t he car,substantially as set forth.

17. A ear-body having a front end A, seats extending to said end, a closed apartment I, having a rear door 1",anda trapdoor G in the floor of the car adjacent to said apartment, substantially as set forth.

18. A car-body having at its forward end an apartment I, provided with a rear door 1", a two-part trap-door G to the rear of apartment I, and said trap-door parts being hinged to the floor, so that when raised they f ormrails or guards for the sides of the trap, substantially as set forth.

1!). A car having at its forward end crosssills a a, longitudinal sills (L2, connecting said cross-sills, cross-timbers a, and pivotal plat-es f, substantial] y as set forth.

20. A ear-truck having sectional bolsters on each side of the frame, separate pivot and rub plates between each bolster-section and car-body, and braces E connecting the top bars of the side frames with the cross-bars of the truck, substantially as set forth.

21. A car-truck having sectional bolsters on each side of the frame, separate pivot and rub plates between each bolster-section and carbody, and brackets 011 the car-bodyengaging with said bolster-sections to prevent the earbod y rising from the trucks, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

GEO. M. BRILL. JOHN A. BRILL. Witnesses:

'ln. RANDALL, S. J. V AN STAVOREN. 

